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Obedient
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope.
Synonyms: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.